Suggest a piece of anime

[W. R.]

So far I've watched some Hellsing, some series of Trinity Blood, Karas... Not much. What else of anime is worth watching?

[Óttar]

Wicked City: Special Edition

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r119/LordJD121/WickedCity.jpg

[Crux]

Le Chevalier D'Eon

[Bard]

If you love metal then "Detroit Metal City"

[Aramis]

Fullmetal Alchemist

http://collegejolt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/fullmetal-alchemist-brotherhood.jpg

Samurai Champloo

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/winter-serenity/Samurai_Champloo.jpg

Samurai 7

http://www.anime-pictures.info/samurai-7/samurai-72.jpg

Hellsing Ultimate

http://i448.photobucket.com/albums/qq204/tempxiv/hellsing_ultimate.jpg

[Jägerstaffel]

http://www.nerdsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Akira-Poster.jpg

Akira is the only anime I ever liked enough to own.

[Cato]

Patlabor! The TV series or any of the three movies.

[Zankapfel]

Fullmetal Alchemist

This :thumb001:

[Ulf]

An anime thread w/o Cowboy Bebop? :confused:

[RoyBatty]

An anime thread w/o Cowboy Bebop? :confused:

Was just thinking the same... what an omission!

[RoyBatty]

Great Teacher Onizuka - A series about Japan's maddest and baddest
teacher with the class from hell. Possibly the funniest anime I've yet seen.

http://mangapowa.m.a.pic.centerblog.net/9c8bqotr.jpg

Black Lagoon - Enjoyably violent and amoral, great stuff.

http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationsanime/bl/lagoon_company.jpg

Initial D - Great series about a young up-and-coming streetracer.

http://vcgirlakl.blog.friendster.com/files/uncategorized-initiald1_1.jpg?/photos/uncategorized/initiald1_1.jpg

[Stefan]

Yes of course Full Metal Alchemist and Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood(which is almost done), both are very different and complement each other. They are also both great, so watch them. The first series has better music and character development, Brotherhood has a better overall story and pacing though.

- Darker than Black(both seasons)

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They have just recently dubbed the first season. One of the better dubs I've heard, if the trailer is representative.
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Elfen Lied(I was just remembering it yesterday)

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Another good, similarly styled one would be Claymore, although the last episodes are horrible including the ending. :(

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I could name tons more, although some genres and specific titles are really difficult to get into, and fall within a certain niche.

[Psychonaut]

My favorites...

http://www.bauergraphics.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/akira.jpg

http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w317/Kingdomhart1331/evangelion.jpg

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[Piparskeggr]

Howz about real old-school (that I remember watching as Jap-animation) like Astroboy, Speed Racer and Star Blazers?

[Ulf]

Neon Genesis Evangelion was sweet, though it went a bit crazy at the end, but I liked that they kind of amended it with End of Evangelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Evangelion).

[Psychonaut]

Neon Genesis Evangelion was sweet, though it went a bit crazy at the end, but I liked that they kind of amended it with End of Evangelion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Evangelion).

Agreed. I'm really excited about the Rebuild (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebuild_of_Evangelion), but I don't want to watch it until it's complete.

[RoyBatty]

Robotech is worth a mention because Anime started going mainstream with Western audiences when this was released in the 1980's. It was all the rage when I was a kid in South Africa.

It's a somewhat confusing edit of 3 unrelated Japanese animes (Macross, Southern Cross and Genesis Climber Mospeada) into one series done by Harmony Gold, the producer who was responsible for adapting / translating it.

http://www.fpsmagazine.com/blog/uploaded_images/RobotechRM7-725908.jpg

I really liked Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad, great if you're into rock music.

http://falajow.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/0000000002.jpg


Oh yeah... how could I forget... the original Ghost In The Shell anime is awesome. I didn't think much of the subsequent series though.

http://scifipulse.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/ghost_in_the_shell.jpg

[Crux]

Also if you are into sci fi don't forget to check out the original Gundam serries, yeah it's pretty old but still very enjoyable.

Also the OVA's and ofcourse Zeta Gundam.

http://images.uncyc.org/pt/9/9b/Kamille_Bidan.jpg
Der Ubermensch ;)

[Piparskeggr]

Robotech

I remember this "series."

One could Transformers into this, as well as Power Rangers as live action "anime." :p

[Cato]

The only Robotech story arc that I liked, and still like, is the first one (aka Macross in Japan). I loved Captain Gloval and Roy Fokker, two very memorable characters that I enjoyed a great deal and whose deaths were something I'd never before seen in a cartoon.

http://www.thatanimeblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/vlcsnap-2009-12-08-20h40m41s255.jpg

He was always smoking his pike. :)

(Ensign Porter has caught Captain Gloval trying to light his pipe on the bridge of the SDF-1 Macross)
Ensign Porter: "Captain, there's no smoking on the bridge!"
Captain Gloval: (puts away the match) "Oh, of course not, Sammy. I was just holding it."

And since Captain Gloval was Russian, you'd hear a "bozhe moy" every so often.

[Arrow Cross]

http://www.instantz.net/newlayout/uploads/wolfs_rain.jpg

http://www.pureanimegallery.com/d/3122-1/wolfs-rain-1.jpg

Touching. Dramatic. Apocalyptic.

[Zankapfel]

I've been told sometimes that I look like an anime character.
I even draw myself as one :shy:

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp297/solwm/cb92aa61.jpg

[Bard]

Actually you look more like a comics character of Crepax, the girl named Valentina.
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[Zankapfel]

Actually you look more like a comics character of Crepax, the girl named Valentina.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/2870227497_fb188ef938_o.jpg
http://www.pandistribuzione.it/PortletCMS/servlet/ResourceLoaderPortletServlet?id_img=19597

She's pretty, but looks more like Louise Brooks if anything.
Is she from a fumetto?

[Cato]

Mobile Suit Gundam, the original, none of these wannabe spin-offs like Gundam Wing.

[Falkata]

Monster. Really good one imo

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Death Note. More simplistic, but very entertaining too.

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[Antonine]

Do not forget Miyazaki!


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Best series ever, mad props to Batou and Togusa:

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/y/yoko-kanno/album-ghost-in-the-shell-stand-alone-complex-vol-2.jpg

So hilarious:

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[Turkophagos]

Watch Princess Mononoke, preferably in japanese:

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Then you can choose any Miyazaki movie, they are all great.


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[tired]

Any of the Studio Ghibli Collection , PONYO is the last one I have watched

[Bard]

She's pretty, but looks more like Louise Brooks if anything.
Is she from a fumetto?

Yes, from a fumetto. And the author was inspired by Louise Brooks, you are right.

[Svanhild]

Grave of the Fireflies. One of the few movies who made me cry like a waterfall. Never thought I could cry while watching a comic movie. Grave of the Fireflies proved me wrong.

http://www.chrlc.vic.gov.au/cb_pages/images/Grave%20fireflies%20dvd.jpg


Rouroni Kenshin was a hell of fun, more than 80 episodes!

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Ayashi No Ceres. Dramatic, Brutal and Romantic.

http://lireetvoir.l.i.pic.centerblog.net/oayh4yqj.jpg

Underrated: Flame of Recca

http://img1.pic.leech.it/i/24cef/5fb0e213recca20gro.jpg

[W. R.]

Grave of the Fireflies. One of the few movies who made me cry like a waterfall. Never thought I could cry while watching a comic movie. Grave of the Fireflies proved me wrong.Thank you a lot, Svanhild. Many years have passed since I watched that anime, but they didn’t wipe it off from my memory: the impression was too great. I can say the same only about one or two other movies that I have watched in my life. And now I know the title! Yes, this will be number one on my to-watch list. Thank you.

[Aramis]

Thank you a lot, Svanhild. Many years have passed since I watched that anime, but they didn’t wipe it off from my memory: the impression was too great. I can say the same only about one or two other movies that I have watched in my life. And now I know the title! Yes, this will be number one on my to-watch list. Thank you.

Forest Gump?

It made me cry...

[W. R.]

Forest Gump?

It made me cry...Yes, it is a great film, but I cannot be sure. You see, I have "Forrest Gump" and can watch it again and again: there will be no wonder if it stays in my memory for a long time.

An example can be "Europa, Europa" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zt7u0DTWCg). For several years I wanted to know what the title of the film was and to watch it again (until I luckily found its description in a program of a Polish TV channel).

But let's not leave the track. This thread is about anime. :)

[Cato]

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, which is must better and more character-oriented and story-driven than the original series. :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubblegum_Crisis_Tokyo_2040

[Cato]

I've been watching anime for at least 20 years, back when I first saw Hardmagedon on VHS around 1990. If you count watching Voltron (aka Beast King GoLion) on TV around 1985, then it's a lot longer. I've seen some really good anime and some really shitty anime. Anime was a novelty in the late 80s and early 90s, and I think it caught on in the U.S. sooner than it did in Europe, being filtered in from the West Coast to the rest of the country.

To continue, some of my favorites are:

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenchi_Muyo!_Ryo-Ohki (I've only seen the first half of this, from the early 90s, and not the finale from 2005)

They Were Eleven: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They_Were_Eleven

Gunsmith Cats: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunsmith_Cats#Anime (Based on a successful manga by Sonada Kenichi, the creator of the *original* Bubblegum Crisis from the late 1980s)

Battle Angel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Angel_OVA (Based on what I regard as the finest manga series of all time)

Ping-Pong Club: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_Pong_Club (Funny in a fucked-up and weird sort of way)

[Cato]

Forgot one:

Princess Mononoke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mononoke (*VERY* good Miyazaki Hayao movie)

[NordicFrost]

Monster is awesome also Ergo Proxy and texhnolyze

[Daos]

http://img15.nnm.ru/imagez/gallery/9/d/7/7/8/9d778527a8d881051c45902e5b780999_full.jpg

[Barreldriver]

A few that I enjoy watching and have been rather influential in my artistic interests:

1. Armored Trooper VOTOMS, rough animation as it's from the early 80's but it still remains my all time favorite.

2. Mobile Suit Gundam, the U.C. timeline is my preferred. The 08th MS Team is an OVA of this timeline that I highly recommend.

3. Macross and downstream Macross stories, definitely preferred to the Americanized compilation Robotech, contains the original unaltered storyline without the incorporation of unrelated anime into the series.

4. Fooly Cooly, hilarious OVA.

5. Jyu-Oh-Sei

6. Trigun, an absolute must see.

[W. R.]

Ah, my Goddess!

Innocent love story about love between a mortal man and a goddess Verðandi.

So damn roma-a-ntic... :cry


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[safinator]

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[Peasant]

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[Rochefaton]

My favorite anime movie would have to be Ninja Scroll. Ghost in the Shell would be second and I can't think of a close third. I haven't really seen that many anime movies, though.

My favorite manga and anime series is Berserk, and I would recommend it to anyone that can stomach slaughter, rape, gore and other things of that nature. I've actually been working on an AMV for the anime series, particularly the end of it. Below is a link to the latest version. I would upload it to YouTube, but it would probably get deleted due to the content.

WARNING! DO NOT CLICK ON THIS LINK IF YOU CANNOT HANDLE SEEING AN ANIMATED CHARACTER AT HIS LOWEST POINT SACRIFICE HIS COMRADES TO BECOME A DEMON KING AND THEN PROCEED TO RAPE HIS BEST FRIEND'S WOMAN IN FRONT OF HIM TO INDUSTIRAL METAL! THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYONE! (http://www.mediafire.com/?aj4i62m3w36o1zu)

Check it out if you are interested and let me know what you think. It's still in the works, so suggestions are welcome. I know that the "Movavi Trial..." message that keeps flashing is annoying, but it shows up because I converted my .ogm files to .avi files for DVD burning purposes with a free conversion program. I will try and use the original footage if I ever finish the video to avoid that nuissance.

[Rochefaton]

After checking the options at YouTube, it seems it is possible to upload a video that can only be viewed by link. Sweetness. I went ahead and uploaded the Berserk AMV I mentioned in my previous post, so here it is.

AND AS A REMINDER, this video contains nudity, gore, industrial metal, etc. If those things repulse you, then do not watch.

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[Lahtari]

A Finnish saying: anime leaves the child by beating.

[Curtis24]

A Finnish saying: anime leaves the child by beating.

huh?

[Lahtari]

huh?

When you have a child that is infected with the foreign, East Asian disease of anime, you will cure it by giving him/her a good, old-fashioned beating. ;)

[Pallantides]

When you have a child that is infected with the foreign, East Asian disease of anime, you will cure it by giving him/her a good, old-fashioned beating. ;)


According to the Finland-Swede loon PTG, Finns have much in common with the Japanese.

[Max]

FLCL was the best anime ever made imho. Only 6 episodes but what a great story:D

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[Lahtari]

According to the Finland-Swede loon PTG, Finns have much in common with the Japanese.

According to Uncle Hermanni (R.I.P.), I obviously had something in common with the Easter Bunny.

[W. R.]

Shakugan-no-Shana

The plot (and the drawing style too) are so stereotypical for anime that it hurts, but the romance + comedy elements make the anime pretty watchable.


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[Magister Eckhart]

I can't believe I managed to miss this thread.

Probably the best anime I've watched:

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[Oreka Bailoak]

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

It's about an intergalactic German Empire vs. an intergalactic Russia/China Empire. Only the movies are good, the TV show is too slow and long.

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I really liked this Lupin III movie - Castle of Cagliostro.
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[Turkophagos]

http://www.animewallpapershow.com/wallpaper/evangelion-3.jpg

[safinator]

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[Unurautare]

I stopped watching most cartoons when I finished high-school,I can remember the I liked Slayers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QdtEXexKns .
Nowadays I only watch Hellsing OVA(whenever it appears - they usually make 1 episode/year).

If you want to see an animated movie I suggest Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999) . The action takes place in an alternate universe where the Germans won World War 2 and bombed Japan with an atom bomb.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oui3kAkUqE It's also hand drawn(if it matters to you).


http://i2.listal.com/image/324783/600full-jin--roh%3A-the-wolf-brigade-poster.jpg

[Lahtari]

According to the folk tradition it leaves the child by beating.

When unsuccessfull, more hard methods are well in place. Anime is a serious matter.

[AussieScott]

New remake Beserk coming - sweet.

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GYVER- old favourite of mine.

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I like the old "Fist of the North Star" and the new remake...

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[Magister Eckhart]

Strangely, the image for my first suggestion is gone. The suggested anime was Elfen Lied, for anyone getting to the party late:

http://www.downloadost.com/ost/big-elfen-lied-ost.jpg


However, I also recommend a couple other decent pieces:

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8r-bJeL2YnA/TDKYaYD4EdI/AAAAAAAAATI/hZVTxHHx-cY/s1600/51b37SqmTVL.jpg
Utawarerumono actually began it's life as an H-game, but I thought it was rather tastefully adapted into this anime. Warning: filler ending.

http://images.pricerunner.com/product/image/50114664/Ergo-Proxy-Collection-%5BDVD%5D-%5B2009%5D.jpg
Ergo Proxy is just a spectacular post-apocalyptic cyberpunk anime, but because of the amount of Western philosophical imput, it does tend to be something of a, for lack of a better word, mindf***.

http://www.michaeldvd.com.au/CoverArtUnverified/14058.jpg
I seriously can't believe no one posted Ghost in the Shell. I enjoy all the GitS variations, but the series was a particular favourite of mine.

http://www.ea-wannabe.com/dvd/hellsing_ova_04_booklet_01.jpg
I have to admit, for as obscene as the series can sometimes be (what do you expect? The artists started out drawing hentai manga), I enjoy Hellsing. I thought the OVA has been particularly well-done, and ranks among one of my most embarassing guilty pleasures (the other being High School of the Dead). We'll see how the latest additions do (I haven't seen VIII, IX, or X).

[safinator]

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[Paluga]

Inuyasha is really the best anime ever. Everything from Rumiko Takahashi is recommendable, Urusei Yatsura is also a masperpiece.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/he/5/51/InuYashaVolume1.jpg

[Harmonia]

So far I've watched some Hellsing, some series of Trinity Blood, Karas... Not much. What else of anime is worth watching?

Depends on what genres do you prefer?
If you don't mind a bit of fantasy elements, I would suggest Claymore. Also Kino's journey, very interesting from a philosophical view. And of course, Ghibli studio anime movies are masterpieces.

[Rosenrot]

Saint Seiya forever!!!

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[Atlantic Islander]

Trigun is my favorite - unpopular opinion, but I think it's better than Cowboy Bebop.

[W. R.]

Depends on what genres do you prefer?If you are asking... So far I've realized that it are comedy and romance. :embarrassed
If you don't mind a bit of fantasy elements, I would suggest Claymore.Thank you. I am watching it now. Another example of anime where characters are European (the universe of Claymore does remind medieval Europe a lot). Love Japs for caring about European viewers so much. :p

[Arne]

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[Harmonia]

If you are asking... So far I've realized that it are comedy and romance. :embarrassedThank you. I am watching it now. Another example of anime where characters are European (the universe of Claymore does remind medieval Europe a lot). Love Japs for caring about European viewers so much. :p

How about Spice and Wolf then? It's romance and set in medieval ages :)

[Kalitas]

HunterxHunter, old school badass shonen!:thumb001:
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[Mraz]

Grave of the Fireflies. One of the few movies who made me cry like a waterfall. Never thought I could cry while watching a comic movie. Grave of the Fireflies proved me wrong.

I watched this movie with my class when I was like 10 years old, this is the saddest thing I've watched so far,I still remember the first sequence with 'September 21, 1945... that was the night I died" :( Now I wanna cry.


Gunslinger girl :

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[Taiga Lake]

Hmm i liked Watamote and Welcome to NHK (not so well known i don't think

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn0p5hRuxoc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYLsjJ8RThQ

[Zephyrus]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-gbrwaq42I